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Community selection and responses : a study of issues and solutions : the NWFP community infrastructure project (English)

Abstract

In a community-based and demand-led project, the appropriateness of the communities identified and selected, the relevance of selection criteria, the project's ability to be flexible and adaptive in responding to community demand and priorities, has important...
See More +In a community-based and demand-led project, the appropriateness of the communities identified and selected, the relevance of selection criteria, the project's ability to be flexible and adaptive in responding to community demand and priorities, has important consequences for the success or failure of the facilities provided by the project. Effective social mobilization plays a pivotal role in improving the community's understanding of the project rules, the project's potential benefits, their sense of ownership and eventually the sustainability of facilities provided. The study has shown that ambiguities in project rules, the drive for ambitious targets, and unbalanced resource allocation, lead to compromising the quality of community mobilization. This affects the ability of the loss of community confidence. If project monitoring systems are not in place, such issues might not be identified in a timely manner leading to the waste of significant resources invested by both government and communities. An important issue highlighted by the study is the need for consistent sector policies based on a clear set of rules, to allow demand led projects to operate effectively without competing with others which employ subsides.
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